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Nov. 6,1860- Abraham Lincoln gets elected president.
Dec. 20, 1860- South Carolina secedes from the Union, in the following months Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas seceded.
Feb.9, 1861- The Confederate States of America is formed with Jefferson Davis as president.
April 12, 1861- General Pierre Beauregard attacks the Union at Fort Sumter and the Civil War begins.
April 17, 1861- Virginia secedes follwed by Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
July 21, 1861- General "Stonewall" Jackson fires at Bull Run and the Union is defeated.
Apil 6-7, 1861- Confederates attack at Shiloh against General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union.
Sept. 17, 1862- Bloodiest day in U.S. history, General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate Army fired at Antietam in Maryland.
Dec. 13, 1862- The army of the Potomac under General Burnside is defeated at Fredricksburg, VA.
January 1, 1863- Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in Confederate lands.
March 3, 1863- U.S. Congress issues the draft.
May 1-4, 1863- The Union army under "Fighting Joe" Hooker is defeated at Chancellorsville, VA.
May 10, 1863 General "Stonewall" Jackson dies from his wounds and is replaced by General Meade.
July 1-3, 1863- The Confederates lose the battle against the Union in Gettysburg, PN.
July 4, 1863- Confederates surrender in Vicksburg, MS, giving up the Mississsippi River after 6 weeks of siege.
Sept. 2, 1864- Atlanta GA is captured by William T. Sherman.
Nov. 15, 1864- After Sherman destorys Atlanta's warehouse and railroads, Sherman and 62,000 soldiers march to sea destroying everything in path.
March 4, 1865- Lincoln is innagurated and says' "With malice towards none; with charity for all... let us strive on to finish the work we are in...to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselve, and with all nations."
April 9, 1865- General Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House in VA.
April 14, 1865- Lincoln and wife, Mary, attend "Our American Cousin" at Fords Theatre; where Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, an actor.
Aprl 15 1865- Abraham Lincoln dies and V.P. Andrew Jackson becomes the new president.
April 26, 1865- John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln's assassin, is shot and killed in a barn in VA.
In May- The rest of the Confederate's army surrender and the Nation is a whole again.
Nov. 6,1860- Abraham Lincoln gets elected president.
Dec. 20, 1860- South Carolina secedes from the Union, in the following months Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas seceded.
Feb.9, 1861- The Confederate States of America is formed with Jefferson Davis as president.
April 12, 1861- General Pierre Beauregard attacks the Union at Fort Sumter and the Civil War begins.
April 17, 1861- Virginia secedes follwed by Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
July 21, 1861- General "Stonewall" Jackson fires at Bull Run and the Union is defeated.
Apil 6-7, 1861- Confederates attack at Shiloh against General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union.
Sept. 17, 1862- Bloodiest day in U.S. history, General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate Army fired at Antietam in Maryland.
Dec. 13, 1862- The army of the Potomac under General Burnside is defeated at Fredricksburg, VA.
January 1, 1863- Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in Confederate lands.
March 3, 1863- U.S. Congress issues the draft.
May 1-4, 1863- The Union army under "Fighting Joe" Hooker is defeated at Chancellorsville, VA.
May 10, 1863 General "Stonewall" Jackson dies from his wounds and is replaced by General Meade.
July 1-3, 1863- The Confederates lose the battle against the Union in Gettysburg, PN.
July 4, 1863- Confederates surrender in Vicksburg, MS, giving up the Mississsippi River after 6 weeks of siege.
Sept. 2, 1864- Atlanta GA is captured by William T. Sherman.
Nov. 15, 1864- After Sherman destorys Atlanta's warehouse and railroads, Sherman and 62,000 soldiers march to sea destroying everything in path.
March 4, 1865- Lincoln is innagurated and says' "With malice towards none; with charity for all... let us strive on to finish the work we are in...to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselve, and with all nations."
April 9, 1865- General Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House in VA.
April 14, 1865- Lincoln and wife, Mary, attend "Our American Cousin" at Fords Theatre; where Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, an actor.
Aprl 15 1865- Abraham Lincoln dies and V.P. Andrew Jackson becomes the new president.
April 26, 1865- John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln's assassin, is shot and killed in a barn in VA.
In May- The rest of the Confederate's army surrender and the Nation is a whole again.